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Journalist of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty Khadija Ismayilova and her advocate Elton Guliev. Baku, February 20, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

12:44, 21 February 2014

Azerbaijani GPO inquires circumstances of Ismayilova's meeting with US Senate staff

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has questions to Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and a collaborator for the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty in connection with her meeting this January with two employees of the staff of the US Senate.

11:03, 21 February 2014

Investigators do not rule out involvement of nationalists in murder of native of Dagestan in Saint Petersburg

Investigators admit participation of nationalists in the murder of a native of Dagestan, a MIA trainee, committed on February 18, said the spokesman of the ICRF Chief Department for Saint Petersburg.

Darya Polyudova with a poster ‘Freedom to political prisoners!’ Novorossiysk, October 3, 2013. Photo by Alexei Mandrigheli.

09:40, 21 February 2014

Novorossiysk: advocate of Darya Polyudova drafts complaint against her arrest

Marina Dubrovina, who represents the interests of Darya Polyudova, the leader of the Novorossiysk branch of the "Rot Front" Party, has announced her intention to appeal against the court ruling to sentence her client to 15 days of arrest and a fine of 10,000 roubles for a solo picket.

Leaflet in support of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: ‘Pray for Dzhokhar’. Grozny, April 29, 2013. Bystander’s photo.

08:49, 21 February 2014

Tsarnaev's advocates try to soften his prison regime

The advocates of Dzhohar Tsarnaev, accused in the USA of committing the terror act in Boston in April 2013, ask the court to withdraw the special prison restrictions imposed on their client. The team of advocates was strengthened by another lawyer, who specializes in cases, where the death penalty is considered.

Builders during lunch break. Sochi, ‘Laura’ Biathlon Complex, November 21, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Ukolova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

03:42, 21 February 2014

Simonov: builders of Olympic venues have about 40 million roubles of unpaid wages

700 people, who worked at the construction of Olympic facilities, still have not received their wages in the amount of some 35-40 million roubles, the Sochi-based reception office of the network "Migration and Law" of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

Hayk Barsegyan. Photo from ‘They need housing’ series. Gyumri, 2013. http://www.facebook.com/UNArmenia/

00:26, 21 February 2014

Yerevan hosts photo exhibition "They need housing"

The exhibition of photographs held in Armenia is dedicated to the people of the city of Spitak, who survived in the earthquake of 1988 and still need housing.

22:54, 20 February 2014

Organizer of action against Olympics in Nalchik states he was tortured by police

Andzor Akhokhov, the organizer of the action against the Olympics held in Nalchik, was released after ten days of administrative arrest and stated that the police had tortured him.

22:03, 20 February 2014

President of "Assembly of Caucasian Nations" detained in Chechnya, relatives report

Today, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the international public-political movement "Assembly of Caucasian Nations", was detained by law enforcers in the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, his relatives report.

A brawl between Cossaks and Pussy Riot band and the art-group "Voina" members. Sochi, February 19, 2014. Photo from activists’ Twitter account, http://twitter.com/gruppa_voina/status/435830304725794816/

19:25, 20 February 2014

In Sochi, participant of scuffle with Pussy Riot and "Voina" art-group fined

Today, the instigator of the brawl on February 19 in Sochi between the Cossacks and member of the punk band Pussy Riot and the art-group "Voina" (War) was fined by one thousand roubles, said a source from the Sochi Transport Police.

Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

17:21, 20 February 2014

Resident of Dagestan asserts that power agents planted a bomb into her house

Power agents claim that in the house, which was blown up today in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, they found an explosive device; however the owner Aslikhanum Dadaeva is sure that the bomb had been planted by law enforcers themselves.

15:30, 20 February 2014

Arrest of Asker Sokht appealed against, his advocate says

As reported by Inver Tlij, a lawyer of the Bar of the Republic of Adygea, a complaint has been lodged on the decision of the Lenin District Court of Krasnodar to attract Asker Sokht, the chairman of the Krasnodar organization "Adyge-Khase", to administrative responsibility and his detention.

Syrian refugees in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: ‘Solidarnost’ Charity Fund, http://solidarnost.su/

13:27, 20 February 2014

Nalchik: volunteers ask authorities to pay attention to situation with Syrian Circassians

The volunteers who render help to refugees from Syria have sent a letter to Yuri Kokov, the Acting Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where they draw attention to the situation of Syrian Circassians.

Elena Samoshina. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

13:21, 20 February 2014

Volgograd hunger-strikers intend to continue, despite solution of their personal problems

In Volgograd, today is the 17th day of the hunger strike held by parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities. Many personal problems of the protesters have been solved, but they plan to continue in order to achieve solution of all the raised problems.

Bogdana Matsetskaya at the Sochi Olympics, February 15, 2014. Photo by NOC of Ukraine, http://noc-ukr.org/

11:30, 20 February 2014

Ukrainian alpine skier refuses to perform at Olympic Games in Sochi in protest against events in Kiev

The Ukrainian alpine skier Bogdana Matsetskaya and her coach Oleg Matsetsky have refused to perform at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, protesting against the bloodshed during the violent dispersal of protests in Kiev, Ukrainian media report.

11:08, 20 February 2014

Pussy Riot girls state ill-treatment by policemen at press conference in Sochi

Today, the Kurortny Township of Adler hosted a press conference of the members of the punk band Pussy Riot, where Nadezhda Tolokonnikova stated that she was rudely treated by Sochi policemen.

Square at the railway station of Volgograd after terror act on December 29, 2013. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

07:25, 20 February 2014

Volgograd Region: pensioner convicted for false message about bomb sent on December 29

A court from the Volgograd Region has sentenced a 62-year-old resident of the city of Volzhskiy to correctional labour for her false call about a bomb planted on a local HPP (hydropower plant), which she made on December 29, 2013, the day of the terror act in Volgograd.

05:04, 20 February 2014

Yerevan activists demand legal assessment of Maidan from international community

In Yerevan, dozens of people organized a march of solidarity with the Euromaidan. They walked from the Victory Park to the building of the Ukrainian Embassy in Armenia, where activists expressed their concern about the developments in Kiev.

02:40, 20 February 2014

Alautdin Dadaev who disappeared in Dagestan is kept by Izberbash police, says his wife

The 53 -year-old Alautdin Dadaev, a resident of the village of Novy Agachaul, Karabudakhkent District, who disappeared in Dagestan on February 17, was detained and is kept by the GOVD (City Interior Division) of the city of in police department Izberbash, said his wife Aslikhanum Dadaeva.

22:11, 19 February 2014

In Yerevan, march in support of Euromaidan was about 20 people strong

Today, the capital of Armenia hosted a march in support of Ukrainian protesters, organized by activists of oppositional parties and NGOs, about 20 persons in total.

Pussy Riot members going out from Sochi police department. February 18, 2014. Photo from the Twitter account of ‘Voina’ group activists, http://twitter.com/gruppa_voina/status/435830304725794816/

17:41, 19 February 2014

Sochi: Pussy Riot members complain about beating by Cossacks

Today in Sochi, Cossacks attacked the member of the Pussy Riot group, by spraying tear gas and beating them with whips, the girls and activists of the art-group "Voina" (War) have reported.

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